Leica Biosystems CN Knife holder - Manual (Page 4)

4 Instruction manual V 2.2 – 08/2005
For disinfection we recommend Leica
Cryofect disinfection spray.
Mounting the knife holder base
1. Mount the knife holder base (1) as shown in
Fig. 1.
2. Rotate lever (2) clockwise to clamp.
Mounting the knife holder
1. Mount the knife holder as shown in Fig. 2.
When inserting the knife holder
base, apply sufficient pressure to-
wards the left to overcome the re-
sistance of the spring in the bottom
part of the knife holder.
2. Rotate lever (3) clockwise to clamp.
Danger!
Microtome knives and blades have ex-
tremely sharp cutting edges!
1. Operation
Fig. 1
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2
Fig. 2
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